Animal testing is a highly debated issue, of which deals with the ethical treatment of animals. Animal testing is when animals are used to test various medical, beauty, and household products to see how they would react if humans were to use them.(AAVS) Scientists keep them in scientific testing labs and they see how the animals react to the products being tested. Animal testing is most common here, in the United States, but it was founded in France in the 17th Century . Animal testing isn’t really a bad thing though, in fact, many people give animal testing credit it for many medical breakthroughs. For example, the penicillin, insulin, the polio vaccine, chemotherapy for childhood leukemia, hip replacement and heart bypass surgeries.(HSUS) Animal Testing should be permitted because it has brought us many medical breakthroughs, helped more than just humans and has a bright outlook for solving serious diseases in the future.